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Siege of Baghdad (1258)

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The Mongols accomplished the defeat of the center of the Muslim world in just 2 years -- something all the Crusades never came close to accomplishing in two centuries.  Baghdad would not be conquered again by non-Muslim armies until the Iraq War.

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Siege of Baghdad (1258)

The Siege of Baghdad, occurring from January 29 until February 10, 1258, entailed the investment, capture, and sacking of Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, by Ilkhanate Mongol forces and allied troops. The Mongols were under the command of Hulagu Khan, brother of the khagan Möngke Khan, and had intended to further extend their rule into Mesopotamia but not to directly overthrow the Caliphate. Möngke, however, had instructed Hulagu to attack Baghdad if the Caliph Al-Musta'sim refused Mongol demands for his continued submission to the khagan and the payment of tribute in the form of military support for Mongol forces in Iran.

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